Axisweb Category of the week – Textiles – by Ellen Bell

Category of the week – Textiles

I am delighted to be included in the curated collection by Axisweb. As part of their Category of the Week, this is selection of Textiles is selected by Axis Directory member Ellen Bell. Ellen has chosen the piece ‘Learning to Sew’, seen below. You can see a collection of images of my practice on Axis Contemporary Art.

https://www.axisweb.org/p/shellygoldsmith/

“Broadly speaking textiles within art refers to any form that involves the use of fibre, thread or fabric, be it found, constructed, sewn, glued, manipulated, knitted, spun or woven. Textile Art, once firmly housed within Craft, traditionally took the form of clothes, upholstery, tapestry, carpets and wall hangings, while contemporary Textile Art with its broader, conceptual bias encompasses hand-sewn ‘drawing’, sewing-machined ‘painting’ and abstracted three-dimensional forms often made into large-scale installations.